Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Acts by delaying the inactivation of presynaptic voltage-sensitive sodium channels (Nav). Acts against insects and causes a progressive spastic paralysis.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Diguetia canities (Desert bush spider) (Segestria canities)
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Acts by delaying the inactivation of presynaptic voltage-sensitive sodium channels (Nav). Acts against insects and causes a progressive spastic paralysis.
Mu-diguetoxin-Dc1c (Mu-DGTX-Dc1c) (Insecticidal toxin DTX12)
spider
Neurotoxin 26 (DTX) family
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.